Excellent points, Stephanie. fraternal regards --c.a. On 02/08/2016 15:07, Stephanie Perrin wrote: > I would respectfully like to disagree with this statement. We need new > blood, and we need to run elections, not a process of acclamation. One > of the unfortunate side effects of our mutual outpouring of support for > those nominated may be to discourage other candidates from running. I > would like to encourage people to run for council. Even if unsuccessful > this time, there is always a next time, and it gets you better known > among our electorate. Please do not hesitate to come forward and > participate. > > Kind regards, > > Stephanie Perrin > > > On 2016-08-02 8:00, Cintra Sooknanan wrote: >> Ed is the only candidate worth considering for this position, you have >> my support! >> >> Kind regards >> Cintra Sooknanan >> >> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Kathy Kleiman <[log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> I am honored to nominate Edward Morris as European representative >> for the NCSG on the GNSO Council. >> >> Ed currently holds this position and, as we have seen, he takes >> his job very seriously. Ed works tirelessly as an NCSG >> representative in the Council's job of overseeing the policy >> development process. He fights to ensure that Issues Report and >> Charters – key documents that kick off a new Policy Development >> Processes – are fair and balanced. He works with our NCSG >> Counselors and others to guide well-developed policies (developed >> by the Working Groups) to the Board for adoption (without the >> changes and circumvention some parties often seek to add). >> >> Ed is a leader in the cross-cutting work of Council where he has >> led our GNSO response to ICANN's Budget with an in-depth review >> and critique, and key recommendations for changes. He regularly >> serves on Council subgroups working on responses to the issues the >> GNSO faces within ICANN. >> >> We know Ed best in the last two years as a leader in the CCWG >> process fighting for Transparency, Accountability and Free >> Expression. The thousands of hours he spent on these issue >> (alongside Robin, Matt and so many others) were critical to the >> provisions and bylaws adopted. >> >> As we continue the Transition, and three major Policy Development >> Processes (Registration Directory Services, Rights Protection >> Mechanisms Review and New gTLD Subsequent Procedures) now in >> progress, this is a great time to continue our outstanding >> leadership. Ed is a tireless advocate for our NCSG interests on >> Council and throughout ICANN. He is an attorney specializing in >> politics & government, free expression, intellectual property and >> cybersecurity and whose advocacy and legal skills are needed in >> this important time of change and trasition. His passion, advocacy >> skills, drafting skills, and Multistakeholder vision are well-known. >> >> /My great thanks to Ed for his passion, commitment and thousands >> of hours of work for NCSG on Council, and I hereby submit Ed >> Morris' name to you for a second term as our European >> representative on the GNSO Council. / >> >> Best regards, >> >> Kathy Kleiman >> >> > -- Carlos A. Afonso [emails são pessoais exceto quando explicitamente indicado em contrário] [emails are personal unless explicitly indicated otherwise] Instituto Nupef - https://nupef.org.br CGI.br - http://cgi.br ISOC-BR - https://isoc.org.br GPG 0x9EE8F8E3